Science Unit 1 Vocabulary

A person who asks questions about the natural world

• Data

• Scientist

• Model

• Communicate

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

The study of the natural world

• Science

• Microscope

• Observation

• Inference

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Information you gather with your senses

• Science

• Hypothesis

• Observation

• Experiment

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

A statement that explains an observation

• Science

• Model

• Variable

• Inference

A procedure carried out to gather data about an object or event

• Microscope

• Investigation

• Data

• Scientist

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A kind of investigation that is a fair test

• Science

• Model

• Experiment

• Variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A possible explanation to answer a question; a testable statement

• Scientist

• Hypothesis

• Science

• Variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Speaking, writing, and using pictures or models

• Science

• Microscope

• Communicate

• Observation

Individual facts, statistics, and items of information

• Science

• Hypothesis

• Microscope

• Data

A tool that makes an object look several times bigger than it is

• Microscope

• Data

• Experiment

• Science